S1.E6

Sex and the Evans Family

Name: Sex and the Evans Family
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1974-03-15
Duration: 26 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Esther Rolle, John Amos, Ja'net DuBois

Episode aired Mar 15, 1974
TV-PG
26m

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

119

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Comedy

While cleaning the apartment, Florida finds a notebook titled "Sexual Behavior in the Ghetto" and thinks that its a sex manual. She then accuses JJ of bringing it in the apartment and yells ... Read allWhile cleaning the apartment, Florida finds a notebook titled "Sexual Behavior in the Ghetto" and thinks that its a sex manual. She then accuses JJ of bringing it in the apartment and yells at him for doing so. JJ denies it and when she shows it to James he has a totally differen... Read allWhile cleaning the apartment, Florida finds a notebook titled "Sexual Behavior in the Ghetto" and thinks that its a sex manual. She then accuses JJ of bringing it in the apartment and yells at him for doing so. JJ denies it and when she shows it to James he has a totally different reaction and laughs it off thinking that it is JJ's way of learning about the birds and ... Read all

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Esther Rolle

Florida Evans

John Amos

James Evans, Sr.

Ja'net DuBois

Willona Woods
(as Ja'net Du Bois)

Ralph Carter

Michael Evans

Jimmie 'JJ' Walker

James 'J.J.' Evans, Jr.
(as Jimmie Walker)

BernNadette Stanis

Thelma Evans

Philip Michael Thomas

Eddie Conroy
(as Philip Thomas)

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10kevinolzak

Philip Michael Thomas ten years before Miami VICE

"Sex and the Evans Family" opens with JJ boasting about his dating prowess, out with a different girl every night. Florida is shocked to find an essay titled 'Sexual Behavior in the Ghetto,' and wants JJ to explain it to her: "I don't know, they can't explain it in here I sure can't!" JJ suggests that it could be Michael's since he does most of the reading in the family (Michael: "is it something on black unity?" Willona: "in a way!"). James gets home from work and isn't the least bit upset about JJ's interest in the opposite sex, as 'boys will be boys.' It's quite a different story when Thelma admits that the essay belongs to her 21 year old boyfriend Eddie Conroy, played by Philip Michael Thomas ten years before Miami VICE. A controversial episode that earned accolades for the show's early days.

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Trivia
Florida has a conversation with James mentioning that he was 3 years older then her when they started dating , In real life , Esther Rolle was 19 years older than John Amos.

Goofs
After Thelma and her date leave, Florida and James chat briefly and embrace. The movement of the camera pulling back and a crew member walking quickly are reflected in the apartment's windows behind them.

Crazy credits
Ralph Carter courtesy of the Broadway musical "Raisin". (Closing credits. This original Broadway production ran from October 1973 to December 1975.)